phones

Noun

• electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds
• (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
• electro-acoustic transducer for converting electric signals into sounds; it is held over or inserted into the ear
  • "it was not the typing but the earphones that she disliked"
• plural of phone
• headphones

Verb

• get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone
• third-person singular simple present indicative of phone

Synonyms

call, call up, earphone, earpiece, headphone, phone, ring, sound, speech sound, telephone, telephone set